Irish bouzouki Aadd9 chord (ADAD)A added ninth: 0 9 0 11

Aadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 0 9 0 11, from the 9th fret
Aadd9 (A added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 0 9 0 11, low course to high (no 5th). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 9 0 11 (from the 9th fret) · no 5th

  1. Low A course: open, A
  2. Low D course: 9th fret, index finger, B
  3. High A course: open, A
  4. High D course: 11th fret, ring finger, C♯

Sounds: A B A C♯  ·  Aadd9 is A, C♯, E, B (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of Aadd9, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 2 5 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gadd9 shape.

Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.

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The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Aadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app